Social Determinants of Health in Ohio

Contents of AHRQ SDOH Database

The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) database from AHRQ compiles SDOH-related variables across multiple domains from 87 sources including multiple federal and other data sources. The downloadable files contain a total of 675 variables available by year from 2009 through 2020. Data is available across three geography levels: all 675 variables are available by county level, 319 are available by ZIP code, and 321 variables are available by census tract.

These variables are organized into five main categories containing several topics each: social context (demographics, disability, immigration, living conditions), economic context (employment, income, poverty), education (attainment), physical infrastructure (environment, housing, internet, migration, transportation), and healthcare context (characteristics of facilities, characteristics of providers, distance to provider, health insurance status, health outcomes, health care quality, utilization and costs).

Figure 1: Ohio’s Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties

Figure 2: Athens County Zip Codes

Figure 3: Athens County Census Tracts

Median Household Income by County

Median Household Income by Zip Code

Median Household Income by Census Tract

SDOH Variables Available at the Census Tract Level

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